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1 June

Air

F-22 Raptor: America’s Stealth Air Dominance Platform

The F-22 Raptor remains one of the most capable air superiority fighters ever built. This guide takes a closer look at what makes it tick: stealth, supercruise, and the role it plays in modern air combat.

1 June

Americas

Joe Saballa

FN Herstal Evolves Legendary MAG Machine Gun With New Tactical Features

FN Herstal has unveiled the FN MAG TACTICAL with Long Rail, a new variant of its combat-proven general purpose machine gun.

1 June

Americas

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division participate in a Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) technology demonstration at Fort Carson, Colorado, on Sept. 18, 2025. Photo: Sgt. William Rogers/DVIDS

Samantha Alexa

Striveworks First AI Firm to Bridge Two US Army NGC2 Programs

The US Army is expanding the use of operational AI within its Next Generation Command and Control initiative, with Striveworks scaling support from the 4th Infantry Division to the 25th Infantry Division.

1 June

Americas

Tycho.AI’s Voyager autonomy stack is designed to enable GPS-denied navigation, onboard AI processing, and autonomous mission execution for military platforms. Image: Tycho.AI

Samantha Alexa

US Air Force Invests in AI Autonomy for GPS-Denied Missions

New testing will assess autonomous navigation, ISR, and mission execution in electronically contested environments.

1 June

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Ethan M. Encarnacion

US Army Trials British Skyhammer Interceptor for Drone Defense

The US Army has tested Cambridge Aerospace’s Skyhammer system as part of ongoing efforts to evaluate new air defense technologies.

1 June

Technology

Ethan M. Encarnacion

L3Harris Debuts Tactical Comms System With ‘No Single Point of Failure’

L3Harris Technologies has devised a way to ensure troops dispersed across long distances remain connected, unveiling a new mobile solution that can reportedly keep working even when parts fail.

1 June

Americas

Air Force Research Laboratory's Ceramics Advanced Materials and Processes

Jodesz Gavilan

AeroVironment Advances US Military Materials Development With $20M Contract

AeroVironment has secured a $20-million US Air Force contract to develop next-generation ceramic materials for future aerospace and defense systems.

1 June

Americas

U.S. Space Force Capt. Coleen O'Hara, weapons and tactics flight commander of the 6th Space Warning Squadron (6 SWS), poses in the Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) facility at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts, May 9, 2024. 6 SWS, located at Cape Cod Space Force Station in Sagamore, Massachusetts, is a geographically separated unit of Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. "Team 6" includes U.S. Space Force Guardians, U.S. Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen and civilian employees. Their mission is "To surveil air and space to detect missile launches and high-interest satellites while operating, maintaining, and protecting New England’s first Space Force installation.” (U.S. Space Force photo by Dave Grim)

Christine Casimiro

USSF Awards SpaceX $4.16B to Build an Airborne Target Tracking Network

The US Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16-billion contract to rapidly develop the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator, with an initial satellite constellation expected to be fielded by 2028.

1 June

Middle East

A young Iranian man waves a flag of Lebanon's Hezbollah while standing in front of the Azadi (freedom) monument during a rally commemorating the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution's victory in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

Hezbollah Needs to Cease Attacks First: US Official

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the ongoing diplomatic negotiations, a senior US official told AFP.

1 June

Middle East

Iranian youths walk past a state building covered with a giant anti-US billboard depicting a symbolic image of the destroyed USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 28, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

Iran Says Does Not Trust US as Trump Toughens Terms

Iran's chief negotiator warned the US was not to be trusted, saying Tehran would not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secured Iranian rights.

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